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DRIVING HOME LESSONS ON SUSTAINABILITY - Times Colonist

Sunday July 11th, 2010

In a van fuelled by used cooking oil, a Victoria couple sets a record and spreads an environmental message By Steve Carey, Times Colonist July 11, 2010 Along-distance road trip is a popular rite of passage for recent college and university graduates. But for a pair of Victorians, the trip turned into a reco...

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NEW YORK FRIES HEATS UP IN HONG KONG - Report on Business Magazine

Thursday July 1st, 2010

By: Sharda PrashadSpecial to Globe and Mail Update   Jay Gould had never been to Hong Kong when, in 2007, he received a call from a potential investor interested in setting up a New York Fries franchise on the Chinese island. Gould's premium French fry chain had already saturated the Canadian market, a...

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NEW YORK FRIES' FACEBOOK APP LETS FRIENDS CALL OUT FRIENDS - Marketing Magazine

Tuesday June 22nd, 2010

If you're one of the over 400 million active users on Facebook, you've seen some odd behaviour from your group of friends. You may have a friend who joins every group that pops up on their radar, or another who should think twice before posting embarrassing photos from last Saturday night.   Well, New ...

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CALL OUT - Stimulants Top Ad Ideas

Tuesday June 22nd, 2010

This poster is part of a campaign for New York Fries, developed by Zig, that's helping people call out their Facebook friends who have really annoying habits. You're bound to know people of this sort: those who stretch out what they say in their status updates, those who are always announcing that they can'...

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'Veggie Van' sets record for longest road trip using alternative fuel - Edmonton Journal

Monday May 3rd, 2010

Couple spreads message of sustainable living while driving van powered by vegetable oil By Allison Peters, Edmonton Journal May 3, 2010 After a 49,000-kilometre, record-setting road trip in their so-called "Veggie Van," Cloe Whittaker will be ready to get out of the driver's seat and onto her bicycle. "I'm ...

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Veggie-powered van stops for students -The Peterborough Examiner

Saturday April 10th, 2010

Would you like a cleaner, healthier world with that? Like many people who drive across Canada, Tyson Jerry and Cloe Whittaker of Victoria, B.C., often stop along the way at fast food restaurants. But rather than picking up food, Jerry and Whittaker fill up their van with discarded cooking oil instead. Jerry...

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French-fried fuel - MyKawartha.com

Friday April 9th, 2010

Imagine. You're sitting at home eating some deep-fried french fries. You finish them and relax casually as they settle in your stomach. Then you take that old fryer oil and poor it in the fuel tank of your car. That's not exactly the process that Tyson Jerry and Cloe Whittaker use to power their "green mach...

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